1、语 篇 提 能阅读理解For many years, scientists have warned that smoking tobacco is bad for your health. Yet people around the world still smoke. The World Health Organization tells that almost 5,000,000 people around the world die each year from the effects of smoking. That number is increasing. WHO official
2、s say tobacco use will have killed more than 8,000,000 people a year by 2020 if nothing is done to control the problem.In the United States, more than fortysix million adults currently smoke. American health experts say tobacco use is the leading cause of death in the United States. This year, 440,0
3、00 Americans will die of diseases linked to smoking.Smoking tobacco is the leading cause of lung disease. Smoking also has been linked to heart disease and many kinds of cancers. The American Cancer Society says smoking is responsible for about 87% of all lung cancers in the United States.American g
4、overnment health experts say smoking affects not only the smokers. Women who smoke cigarettes during pregnancy are more likely to have babies with health problems. Pregnant women who smoke are at risk of having a baby who weighs less than normal. Low birth weight babies have an increased risk of ear
5、ly death and may suffer from a number of health disorders.Experts say tobacco smoke also affects the health of people who do not smoke. Smokers may harm the health of family members and people at work when they breathe out smoke from cigarettes. This is called “secondhand smoke”The American Cancer S
6、ociety says there is no safe way to smoke. It says smoking begins to cause damage immediately. All cigarettes can damage the body. Smoking even a small number of cigarettes is dangerous.1What would be the best title for the passage?A. The Harmful Effects of SmokingB. People around the World Continue
7、 to SmokeC. Smoking is the Leading Cause of Lung DiseasesD. Smoking Affects the Health of People Who Dont Smoke答案与解析 A 标题归纳题。文章第一段第一句就点明了中心。2Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Smoking tobacco is the leading cause of lung disease.B. Smoking also has been linked to heart di
8、sease, stroke and many kinds of cancers.C. Smoking may not harm the health of family membersD. Smoking tobacco is bad for your health, however, people around the world continue to smoke答案与解析 C 是非判断题。由文章倒数第二段可知吸烟会影响家人。3The underlined word “pregnancy”in Paragraph 4 probably means _.A. the period of studying in schoolB. the state of being oldC. the turn of lifeD. the state of having a baby inside her body答案与解析 D 词义猜测题。由画线词后面“more likely to have babies”可知 D 项正确。
